It will probably look streaky, but that is normal for the first layer. Make sure to use these colored layers to paint over the tip of your nail as well as over the surface.

This will keep the gel from curling back off your nail. •Cure each layer under a UV lamp for 2-3 minutes

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Apply your top gel. Coat your nails completely in your top gel. Paint over the tip, like you did with your color gel. Once again, cure the gel polish under a UV light for 2-3 minutes.

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Remove the tacky. Some gel methods leave a tacky, sticky layer on and around your nails after curing the top gel.

If this is the case, simply take a cotton ball dipped in isopropyl alcohol and wipe over the tacky. Finish off your gel manicure by rubbing a cuticle oil into the skin around the base of your nail

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File off the top layer. To remove your gel nails, you first need to file off the top layer of the gel. This will take away the shine. Only once the shine is removed can you move forward in removing the gel

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Cover cotton balls in 100% acetone. The gel won’t come off if you don’t use 100% acetone. Take 10 pieces of cotton balls and soak them in your acetone. The cotton balls should be big enough to cover your whole nail

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Wrap tin foil around your fingertips. Take one of you cotton balls and place it on your nail, covering your entire nail. With the cotton ball in place, wrap the nail and the tip of your finger with tin foil.

Do this over the rest of your nails.

•It is recommended to do this one hand at a time. It is very difficult to use foil-covered fingers to wrap the second hand

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Let sit and then remove one at a time. Let the foil stay wrapped for 15 minutes. Don’t try pulling it open to check if it’s working - keep it shut.

After 15 minutes, remove the wrapping one nail at a time. The gel will have started to peel back. Use a cuticle stick to push the gel off your nail.

•If there is gel stuck that you can’t remove with the cuticle stick, re-wrap your nails with another acetone soaked cotton ball and foil. Let sit for another 15 minutes and try again

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Finish with cuticle oil. Once again, you want to finish with cuticle oil. Massage cuticle oil into the skin around the base of your nail.

•If your nails look rough, apply cuticle oil to the surface of your nail and buff them using a nail buffer.